Contents. [CHAPTER I. JOHN HAS AN ADVENTURE] [CHAPTER II. HOW THE SISTERS CAME TO MOOIFONTEIN] [CHAPTER III. MR. FRANK MULLER] [CHAPTER IV. BESSIE IS ASKED IN MARRIAGE] [CHAPTER V. DREAMS ARE FOOLISHNESS] [CHAPTER VI. THE STORM BREAKS] [CHAPTER VII. LOVE’S YOUNG DREAM] [CHAPTER VIII. JESS GOES TO PRETORIA] [CHAPTER IX. JANTJE’S STORY] [CHAPTER X. JOHN HAS AN ESCAPE] [CHAPTER XI. ON THE BRINK] [CHAPTER XII. OVER IT] [CHAPTER XIII. FRANK MULLER SHOWS HIS HAND] [CHAPTER XIV. JOHN TO THE RESCUE] [CHAPTER XV. A ROUGH JOURNEY] [CHAPTER XVI. PRETORIA] [CHAPTER XVII. THE TWELFTH OF FEBRUARY] [CHAPTER XVIII. AND AFTER] [CHAPTER XIX. HANS COETZEE COMES TO PRETORIA] [CHAPTER XX. THE GREAT MAN] [CHAPTER XXI. JESS GETS A PASS] [CHAPTER XXII. ON THE ROAD] [CHAPTER XXIII. IN THE DRIFT OF THE VAAL] [CHAPTER XXIV. THE SHADOW OF DEATH] [CHAPTER XXV. MEANWHILE] [CHAPTER XXVI. FRANK MULLER’S FAMILIAR] [CHAPTER XXVII. SILAS IS CONVINCED] [CHAPTER XXVIII. BESSIE IS PUT TO THE QUESTION] [CHAPTER XXIX. CONDEMNED TO DEATH] [CHAPTER XXX. “WE MUST PART, JOHN”] [CHAPTER XXXI. JESS FINDS A FRIEND] [CHAPTER XXXII. HE SHALL DIE] [CHAPTER XXXIII. VENGEANCE] [CHAPTER XXXIV. TANTA COETZEE TO THE RESCUE] [CHAPTER XXXV. THE CONCLUSION OF THE MATTER]